Culture Night 2014 - what to expect and where
Cork
Family fun includes a treasure hunt with clues hidden in the gallery’s art works. A silhouette exhibition explores the history of this genre of portraiture, with an artist on hand to render visitors’ profiles. The exhibition by Mark Clare, a mixed-media Irish artist, remains open till 10pm.
Culture Night 2014 @CrawfordArtGall 5-10pm,19 Sep, check out what's on http://t.co/nPFxtaRHoV photo © Clare Keogh pic.twitter.com/wGRc0lznYx
— Crawford Art Gallery (@CrawfordArtGall) September 5, 2014
Bantry’s new arts collective, the Rabbit Hole Project, are hosting an open mic night that will include poetry, storytelling, comedy, music and visual art.
For further information contact: therabbitholeprojectbantry@gmail.com.
Multi-instrumentalist Nina Treadwell and flautist Aoife O’Donovan present a programme of music ranging from the French baroque to Irish traditional and classical Italian.
Will Sliney from Ballycotton, Co Cork, will be on hand to present some of the pages he drew for the first issue of Spider-Man 2099, a new Marvel Comic that reimagines the web-slinging superhero in a futuristic Manhattan. Peter Parker’s successor in the series is Miguel O’Hara, a half-Mexican, half-Irish geneticist.
For those asking. Culture night and the exhibition will be a free, non ticketed event.
— Will Sliney (@WillSliney) September 12, 2014
It takes place between 6 & 8 pic.twitter.com/wwGRYf2Ou7
For the second year, a young composer has been commissioned by Cork County Council to compose a soundscape for Vertigo, the viewing platform on the 17th floor of Cork County Hall. This year, it’s the turn of local composer Darragh Kearns Hayes.
Schull is once again punningly donating its name to Culture Night events, with a host of events including art appreciation for kids, an exhibition of West Cork art, an evening of readings, songs and music at Whyte’s bookshop, a play performed in four separate pubs, a screening of short films from the Fastnet festival, and music in Hackett’s until late.
Clonakilty International Guitar Festival has a session trail that starts at 11am at the town’s farmers’ market. Later, there’s a Culture Night event in De Barra’s with gigs up to 11pm, as well as bands in various pubs.
Here's the #Clonakilty International Guitar Festival programme! Watch out for impromptu performances and fun all... http://t.co/eypyyoUNoA
— Clonakilty Concierge (@cloncierge) September 17, 2014
Events at the Triskel include an exhibition of six RHA artists alongside the works of six emerging artists, a talk on the stained-glass windows of Christchurch, and a best-of showcase of shorts from the 2013 Cork Film Festival.
Tour of #Triskelchristchurch stained glass tomorrow 5pm @CultureNight. Places limited so book ahead #CorkCulture pic.twitter.com/CtwgsPyali
— Triskel Arts Centre (@TriskelCork) September 18, 2014
Cork City Council, in association with Triskel Arts Centre, will be treating lucky music fans to an intimate concert with Lisa Hannigan in an “unique location in Cork city”. Tickets are available by competition only via the Cork City Arts Facebook page.
Want a chance to win tickets to @lisahannigan secret gig for @Culturenight? Check our FB page https://t.co/oJZAVDUlly #Culturenightcork
— Triskel Arts Centre (@TriskelCork) September 10, 2014
A jewel in the crown of Cork’s musical life, the Vanbrugh Quartet will perform in the round, and by candle light in Concert Hall. It promises to be a very special evening.
The newly-revamped park will for the first time host an open-air cinema, with an all-Irish programme that has something for all the family. First up is the modern classic Give Up Yer Aul Sins, followed by the Oscar-nominated cartoon, The Secret of Kells. A late-night singalong will finish the night, with a screening of The Commitments.
Give Up Yer Aul Sins will be screening at the Cork Culture Night tomorrow as part of the outdoor cinema programme: http://t.co/KmTS6yUpze
— Brown Bag Films (@BrownBagFilms) September 18, 2014
Choral Evensong will be held at 6.15pm, followed by guided tours at 7.15pm, 8.15pm and 9.15pm, entitled ‘The Place Where Cork Began’.
The Glucksman throws open its doors to the public, inviting them to fill its galleries with their own drawings, sculptures and paintings of animals. Artists will be on hand to help guide people through the use of their chosen medium.
Just one more day to #CorkCulture night. Join us from 5-9pm to create, participate & enjoy the activities we have lined up! @UCC @uccBEES
— The Glucksman (@glucksman) September 18, 2014
The Leeside wine bar will host an event called Wine Geese: The Next Generation, described as a virtual tasting with examples from some of the young Irish winemakers working around the world. The wines will be real — but the 21st-century wine geese will be appearing via Skype.
Traditional music will provide the aural backdrop for culture vultures who wish to refuel from a choice of local dishes.
Dublin
In a first for Culture Night, Áras an Uachtaráin will open its doors. There will be tours of the interior every hour from 5pm, showing all the 18th- and 19th-century splendour of the decor and the presidential reception rooms.
A salon-style evening of live music is promised in one of Dublin’s most appealing venues. The line-up includes I Have A Tribe, the Taquin Experiments, and Baroque duo violinist Claire Duff (inset, right) and Aoife Nic Athlaoich (cello).
The children’s arts centre will be buzzing with guided tours of its current make|shape exhibition. There will also be a special performance by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra on the Ark’s Meeting House Square stage.
The national theatre invites you to play your part in a workshop that will introduce volunteers to some of the rehearsal-room techniques used by actors in the creation of living, breathing characters.
The most famous chemist in world literature will be open late for Joyce-related readings and fun.
Kerry
Visitors to the museum are invited to stroll down a medieval street dressed in costume, dig up a skeleton, or marvel at beautiful photographs from Kerry. Traditional music will be played by Sliabh Mish Comhaltas.
Jump on the bus and get a guided tour taking in glass blowing, book binding, weaving and chair making. The tour will include demonstrations at Mucros Bindery, Kerry Crafted Glass, and Kerry Woolen Mills, and refreshments.
There will be an early Christmas feel to the town of Listowel on Culture Night, as various wren groups from around the country battle it out for the coveted title.
Waterford
The Warsaw Uprising is one of the most iconic anti-Nazi revolts of the Second World War. A photographic exhibition from the uprising will be followed by live music from the Duende Dogs and Beef Supreme.
The artist will discuss his current exhibition at the venue followed by a workshop for all ages in which visitors can create their own print. Also, the venue celebrates 30 years with an exhibition of works by 30 artists who have a connection to Garter Lane.
Events at the gallery include tango lessons for absolute beginners, an art fair, and an exhibition of 35 works from the Waterford Municipal Art Collection, charting the changing face of Waterford over 400 years.
The Barrack Street Concert Band will put on a one hour performance in the Bailey’s New Street area from 7.30pm — 8.30pm, weather permitting.
The 144-year-old band will be performing a selection of pieces from its extensive library, including well known music from decades past.
An evening of poetry and music will include performances by Clodagh Beresford Dunne, Virginia Brownlow, Lani O’Hanlon and Dolores Ronayne, and American poet Tess Barry.
Limerick
Ireland’s leading exponents of street theatre descend on Limerick for Culture Night for a processional performance by moonlight. Expect colour, dance, music and spectacle.
Pianists Yonit Kosovske (inset) and Marcin Dominik Gluch will perform a fusion of Celtic and Slavic music keyboard music. The concert brings together a harpsichord specialist in Kosovske and a pianist and conductor (not to mention anthropologist) in Gluch. Presented as part of Limerick’s Polish arts festival.
The award-winning short-story writer Claire Keegan has won critical acclaim with her volumes Antarctica and Walk the Blue Fields. Her story ‘Foster’ was published in the New Yorker, and won the Davy Byrne Award before being published as a novella.
Limerick’s cultural quarter will come alive on Culture Night, with activities ranging from Irish dancing to performances by young singers, songwriters and rappers. Two selections of short films by filmmakers aged 7-18 will be shown, while Limerick Youth Theatre will also showcase their work.
The Association of Irish Choirs and the Irish Youth Choir are holding a choral singing workshop open to adults and teenagers. No experiences is necessary to join in the fun, but experienced singers are also asked to come along.
After meeting outside the A&E department of St John’s, the walk will be led by medieval historian Dan Tietzsch-Tyler along 13 extant stretches of Limerick’s medieval city walls.
These surviving sections include the finely preserved town gate, a 1690 breach, and John’s Castle.
Almost 51 years after her death, Edith Piaf continues to inspire. For Culture Night, Jeannette Byrne will perform a tribute to Paris’s little sparrow.
nFor more information on all the events mentioned here, and many more, visit culturenight.ie; culturenightcork.ie; culturenightcorkcounty.ie.
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